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How are the thorax and cephalothorax of arthropods related to segmentation?
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A body section of some arthropods formed by the fusion of the head with the thorax?
segmentation
What are the three distinct body sections of arthropods?
head, thorax, and abdomen, although the head and thorax can be joined to form a cephalothorax.
Do arthropods have cehphlathorax?
Only some arthropods have a cephalothorax, like for example the lobster. Other arthropods have functionally separate (or non-fused) head and thorax, like many insects.
What is the cephalothorax on a arthropoda?
The cephalothorax on some arthropods is a tagma, a functional grouping or fusing of segments effectively combining the head and thorax, such as you might see on a lobster (which still has a distinct abdomen). By contrast, many insects (also arthropoda) have a separate head and thorax.
What is the combination of head and thorax?
the answer to that is "cephalothorax" which is a head and a thorax.
What are the fused segments in an arthropod?
Fused segments in an arthropd are called tagmate and phenomenon is called tagmatization . Cephalothorax , Prosoa , meta soma etc. are tagmata .
What is a cephalothorax composed of?
the head and thorax
Does the crayfish have a thorax?
Not exactly, it has a cephalothorax, which is a head and thorax fused together.
What is a combination of dead and thorax in arachnids?
Cephalothorax.
Head and thorax fused to form what?
Cephalothorax.
Combination of head and thorax?
The name for this is a 'cephalothorax' which just literally means head-thorax.
What is the cephalothorax is composed of?
Head and Thorax (Arachnids have cephalothorax, ex: spiders and scorpions)
